[Opensource] Free alternative to Kidpix

[victor rajewski]

I find tuxpaint to be surprisingly powerful; I too have had senior
students playing around with it. Be sure to check out the
configuration options - I needed to change the default save folder for
students to be able to access their pictures outside the program.

Also, there is an Australian stamp set for tuxpaint hosted on
sourceforge - it's reasonably sparse at the moment, but you could
always add more...

vik

On 9/11/07, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Tux Paint is a very cute open source package used by some of our junior
> language centre classes. We deployed this on all the school computers and
> had a laugh when some VCE students were distracted by playing about with it.
> www.tuxpaint.org
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> Regards Roland
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> John,
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> I have installed Tux Paint (www.tuxpaint.org if memory serves) on a couple
> of my schools now. At Strathpine West they will not go back to Kid Pix. The
> whole being completely free, networkable and completely customizable (i.e.
> Turning off print or save on a whim) won them over. Also having an
> inexhaustible stamp library (you can add your own!) means the whole package
> outshines Kid Pix really fast.
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> Dallas Cantle
>  ICT Technician
>  Strathpine West SS
>  Deception Bay SS
>  Deception Bay North SS
>  Tullawong SS
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> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
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